On Wednesday we woke up early for a long day. We were going to drive all the way to Charlottesville and back to D.C. in one day. The first stop on our mini road trip was to Mount Vernon, Washington’s home.
The first picture was of his house. It is a lot smaller than what you would expect from the first president if the United States. It was smaller when it was owned by his father, but when Washington inherited it he expanded it. The house was cute inside and was very sophisticated. We were against not allowed to take pictures inside, so all I got for you is a picture of the Potomac river from the patio of the house. Although the house was small, Washington owned acres and acres of land. The former plantation was huge. It got smaller as the land was passed down, but it is still pretty big today. The coolest part of the visit to Mt. Vernon was seeing Washington’s grave, along with his wife’s.
Afterwards we had a bit of a drive to Monticello, Jefferson’s house. I liked Monticello better than Mt. Vernon. I think it had more personality. It was filled with colors, art creations, and unique architecture. Jefferson deigned the house himself and was very determined to make it his own. The dome on the top of the house was all this idea. He also had many inventions scattered through out the house, like a dumb waiter for his wine and sun lights. He also had an amazing view from his house on a hill.
We also got to see Jefferson’s tomb. Both him and Washington lived long lives and will be remembered for many great things.
On our way back to D.C. we wanted to go to Shenandoah, but due to damaged road for weather hazards we couldn’t get in. That was one of the things I really wanted to do, so that was very disappointing, but I still got to see mountains on the drive back.
This was one of my favorites days of the trip!! ❤️
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